Saturday, February 6, 2010

For his first away match since he joined Juventus as coach, Alberto Zaccheroni fielded a 3-4-2-1 formation with Legrottaglie, Cannavaro and Chiellini forming the back line and Grosso preferred to De Ceglie on the flank.

During the week Zac said that Cosmi is amongst the best when it comes to motivating his teams and this is soon proven true as Livorno show aggressiveness as from kick-off.

On the 1st minute a long ball by Chiellini reaches Amauri who is stopped for a foul in attack. One minute later, Vitale enters the area dangerously and Chiellini clears what could have been a very dangerous ball.

It is the 3rd minute when Melo enters the area but is stopped by the defence and one minute later an Amauri cross goes all along the area but there is nobody to collect it.

The 5th minute sees a free-kick for Livorno: Filippini's shot goes wide. Two minutes later, a Pulzetti shot sends shivers down the spines of the bianconeri as it goes slightly wide.

On the 8th minute, a Caceres cross goes straight into the arms of Rubinho. Three minutes later there is a free-kick for Livorno: Vitale's shot goes wide. Livorno benefit of another free-kick on the 17th minute: ball into the area but Buffon handles with ease. Seconds later there is a corner for Juve: Diego passes to Del Piero who hangs in a cross but Rubinho grabs.

It is the 18th minute when there is a free-kick for Juve after a good Caceres initiative: Diego puts the ball into the area but Lucarelli heads away. Juve have another free-kick on the 19th minute: Diego from 39 meters puts the ball in but it is headed away.

Free-kick for Juve from 38 metres on the 213rd minute: Diego puts the ball into the area and Legrottaglie heads well but the referee signals a foul in attack by the defender. Three minutes later, a cross into the Juve area sees Filippini heading home for the opener: 1-0.

On the 29th minute a Lucarelli header sees Buffon well-placed and saving easily. One minute later there is a free-kick for Juve for a foul on Amauri in the semi-circle outside the area: Del Piero from 20 metres sees his projectile being saved with difficulty by the keeper.

Free-kick for Juve for a foul on Amauri in the semi-circle outside the area on the half-hour mark: Del Piero from 20 metres sees his projectile being saved with difficulty by the keeper. Two minutes later there is a corner for Juve: Del Piero puts the ball into the area but Lucarelli heads away.

On the 35th minute a powerful Bellucci shot goes wide and seconds later Amauri is stopped for a foul in attack. It is the 36th minute when a long distant shot by Del Piero goes high over the bar.

The 37th minute sees a corner for Juve: Del Piero puts the ball into the area, Melo heads but the defence clears. Two minutes later there is another corner for Juve: Del Piero puts the ball into the area with the defence clearing a first time. The captian puts the ball in again and again the defence clears with some difficulty.

It is the 41st minute when there is a free-kick for Juve: Diego from a great distance hangs a perfect ball in and Legrottaglie heads home for the equalizer: 1-1. The first half ends after 2 minutes of stoppage time and no real dangers incurred by the two teams.

The second half is more fragmented with the referee stopping play for a number of fouls. On the first minute Rubinho is forced to punch away on a dangerous Juve strike. One minute later, a Candreva shot from outside the area after receiving from Diego is saved on the ground by Rubinho.

On the 5th minute, Zebina comes on for Cannavaro and Juve benefit of a free-kick after a foul on Amauri: Diego sees his ball go straight into the arms of the keeper.

It is the 10th minute when there is a corner for Juve: ball into the area swept away by the defence. One minute later, there is a free-kick for Juve from a good position: Diego puts the ball into the area but the referee whistles for a foul against Grosso.

The 13th minute sees a free-kick for Livorno: after a series of passes the ball reaches Raimondi in the area who does not manage to head well. One minute later, Diego enters the area and puts a very dangerous ball which finds nobody to post home.

On the 15th minute, a beautiful Amauri conclusion is stopped for a handsball. Two minutes later, a Marchini cross is cleared by Chiellini. Sevgen minutes later, Diego puts an excellent cross into the area for Amauri but the striker does not manage to deviate the ball.

It is the 25th minute when there is a corner for Livorno: ball reaches Mozart who shoots but Amauri puts the ball out for another corner. From the second flag kick, the ball reaches Vitale who enters the area and passes to Filippini whose shot goes high over the bar.

The half hour sees De Ceglie come on for Grosso and one minute later a good Del Piero cross sees the keeper saving. On the 36th minute, a Mozart shot goes well high over the bar. One minute later, Rubinho saves on an Amauri incursion and seconds later, Melo sent-off for a second yellow card in a more then strict decision. Giandonato comes on for Del Piero making his debut.

On the 43rd minute, a Moro shot is saved by Buffon and cleared by Chiellini and two minutes later, a Caceres shot goes wide. The 1st minute of the 5 awarded as stoppage time there is a free-kick for Livorno: ball into the area handed by Lucarelli who is shown a yellow card.

The 48th minute sees a Candreva shot go well high over the bar. One minute later, a Marchini shot is first blocked by Legrottaglie and then the same players sees Buffon saving. Two minutes later comes the last bit of action of the match with a De Ceglie shot going high over the bar.

The match ends in a 1-1, the second identical result for Zaccheroni’s Juve in as many matches since the coach from Romagna took over from Ferrara. Juve is surely a work in progress and hopefully this work will begin to pay-off from the next match against Genoa.